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Linda L. Cook

Clinical Associate Professor & Program Director Clinical Nurse Leader Program

  • Clinical Associate Professor & Director, MSN Clinical Nurse Leader Program, College of Nursing

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About

Linda L. Cook, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, CNL, is Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director for the Clinical Nurse Leader Track in the College of Nursing at Sacred Heart University. Dr. Cook earned her BSN at Ohio State University, her MPH at New York Medical College, her Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certificate at Georgetown University and a DNP at the University of Connecticut. Her professional and research interests include neonatal care, obstetrics, pediatrics, compassion and caring in online teaching and the Clinical Nurse leader. Dr. Cook is a certified CNL, Certified Neonatal Nurse, and a Certified Neonatal Nurse Practitioner along with several other newborn and neonatal related certifications. Dr. Cook has been in practice as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner since 1990. She joined the nursing faculty of Sacred Heart University as a Clinical Assistant Professor in 2011 teaching in both the Undergraduate and Graduate online programs. Currently she is the Program Director for the Clinical Nurse Leader Track. She was nominated in the Final 4 for the Dr. Marian Calabrese Outstanding Faculty Award in 2017 and awarded the Outstanding Doctoral Student DNP Award from the Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau in 2010, the Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing in 2009 and the Nurse Exemplar Award in 2003.

Contact Information

Nursing
Ctr for Healthcare Education
Dr. Susan L. Davis, R.N. and Richard J. Henley College of Nursing
203-690-2182

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  • Curriculum Vitae

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Education/Academic qualification

DNP, Nursing Education, University of Connecticut

2007 → 2009

Master of Public Health (MPH), Healthcare Policy & Management, New York Medical College

1993 → 1999

Certification Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Georgetown University

1989 → 1990

B.S. in Nursing, Registered Nurse, The Ohio State University

1971 → 1977

Research Interests

  • Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  • Heparin versus Saline in Neonatal Intravenous and Central Lines
  • Neonatal Research
  • Faculty and Student Caring and Compassion in Online Teaching

Disciplines

  • Maternal, Child Health and Neonatal Nursing
  • Pediatric Nursing
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